Past Grants

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

For support of the Educational Funders Affinity Group.

Fund for Educational Excellence

To grow and enhance the capacity to provide high-quality district innovation support to increase student achievement in Baltimore City public schools. The Fund will design new models to increase and measure teacher and leadership effectiveness, create a pre-screening model for teacher applications, determine the effectiveness of new literacy professional development programs, and develop recommendations for the selection of new and charter schools.

National Council on Teacher Quality

For support of the National Education School Study of 20 teacher-education schools in Maryland. Each school will be rated based on standards used in their teacher training programs, such as selectivity of the admissions process, how well candidates are prepared to teach reading, classroom management training, and the quality of student teaching.

Carver Vocational-Technical High School

Toward travel expenses for students who participated in the Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Exchange Program in the summer of 2011.

Fund for Educational Excellence – Green Street Academy

For program and resource development for the Green Street Academy, a new transformation high school preparing students for careers in green economy. The curriculum model will prepare students for career paths in green construction, energy conservation, environmental sustainability, and transportation. By integrating career with hands-on and project-based instruction, the students will have the opportunity to do work in school and in the community.